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Sandy Bridge - Remote Kill Switch

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EDIT: Sorry didn't see this is also discussed in the below topic :(

http://www.techspot.com/news/41643-intels-sandy-bridge-processors-have-a-remote-kill-switch.html

Intel's new Sandy Bridge processors have a new feature that the chip giant is calling Anti-Theft 3.0. The processor can be disabled even if the computer has no Internet connection or isn't even turned on, over a 3G network.
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Interesting... Sounds like a potential disaster to me, exposing a CPU kill feature to the Internet? The potential security issues are numerous!
 
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